Chapter 15: The Eve of the Rainstorm

April in Bremen is the most changeable weather, more than London and Belfast, just now the sky is still clear, maybe the next hour will be dark clouds, plus the prevailing Scandinavian cold air flow in Europe in April, adding another uncertainty to the already changeable climate.

Mainhoff's mother was busy on the stove behind the brand-new window, and the spatula in the pan kept stir-frying shrimp, sardine pieces, betins and rice, and the greedy Maninhoff wiped his saliva on the side, "Mom, what is it, why have you never eaten it for me?" Manhof looked at his mother with some depression.

Mom glanced at him with a roll of her eyes: "Didn't you just eat bread and ham?" Go, go, go, this is Spanish seafood risotto, you go to the hospital in a while, send it to Anna, the little girl has been busy all night, and you don't know how to feel sorry for her! ”

Maninhoff lowered his head brightly and looked at the small biscuits he secretly prepared for Anna on the table, "The girls' stomachs are weak, and they can't eat some dry and cold food, leave the biscuits for me, hurry up and send the food to Anna!" "Mom put the risotto into a large wooden bowl, covered it with a wooden lid, and stuffed it into Mannhoff.

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Greta looked at Lesnar who was busy at the typewriter, and felt unspeakably uncomfortable, she was afraid that the sweetheart she had worked so hard to get would suffer because she had just been appointed to offend someone and be framed and plotted, and she was even more afraid that Lesnar's life would be in danger, she silently made up her mind that even if she didn't sleep during this time, she would stay by his side and not let those bastards succeed.

"Hmm... I'm so tired that I'm finally done. Lesnar wrung the paper out of the scroll of the typewriter, stacked it on the last page of a thick book, and stretched out in his chair. Greta quickly got up, made a cup of coffee and brought it to Lesna, Lesna stood up, took the coffee and put it on the table, bowed her head and kissed her, and said softly: "If I hadn't been calculated this time, we would have gotten married, I didn't want to wait, and I didn't want you to be afraid." ”

Greta looked at the man who had already understood her heart, tears of happiness flowed from her eyes, she nodded, and just as she was about to speak, the door slammed twice.

The two of them quickly sat down in their seats, and Lesner shouted in, and Major Schöner's adjutant pushed the door in, "Lieutenant Lesner, Second Lieutenant Greta, I'll deliver the major's orders." The two of them quickly stood upright, "Lieutenant Lesner, in order to avoid people's eyes, Major Schöner wants you to wait for him in private room No. 5 of the Peacock Tea Restaurant on the north bank of the Weser River at twelve o'clock in the afternoon!" Lesnar raised his hand and saluted, and replied in a low voice: "Please rest assured, resolutely carry out the order!" ”

The adjutant nodded, looked at Greta, and ordered in a low voice: "Second Lieutenant Greta, temporarily remove you from the position of leader of the action group, the seventy soldiers of the action group are under the command and management of Lesner, and now your position is the security director of the inspection team, responsible for the security of Lieutenant Lesner, and assist Lieutenant Lesner in restoring order and security in the city!" The location of the office remains the same, the sign at the door remains the same, and the external address remains the same, understand! ”

Greta stood up and saluted in the most standard military posture, and also whispered, "Understood! Resolutely complete the order! ”

The adjutant nodded, opened the door and walked out. Greta watched the door close with a wicked smile, and jumped into Lesna's arms at once, Lesna caught the light girl, "Hear, the major wants me to defend you, you are miserable, you don't want to escape from the palm of my Greta in this life, I will protect you for the rest of my life!" Greta pressed the tip of her nose against the tip of Lesnar's nose and said softly.

"No, my little pearl, it's me who will protect you for the rest of your life!" Lesnar smiled and kissed her.

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Manhof rode his bicycle to the hospital where Anna worked, the wooden lunch box swayed slightly in the front basket, he saw that the front steps of the hospital and the garden were full of slightly wounded soldiers and citizens, everyone's face was unkempt and covered with oil and dust, a medical car rushed into the hospital, the soldiers inside carried out a charred and severely burned man on a stretcher, and an officer rushed into the hospital gate in a hurry, shouting: "Doctor! Someone! Fast! Save our battalion commander! Fast! ”

Manhof followed them with a wooden bowl, a burnt smell reaching his nose, and he saw the man on the stretcher stretch out his arm with great difficulty, and touched a soldier next to him with his burned and deformed arm, "I think... See... My daughter... Daughter...", a blunt voice that was extremely hoarse from the burns staggered Maninhoff.

"Battalion commander! You're alright! Look at me! You're alright! The soldier's eyes were filled with tears, but he continued to comfort the charred man, and the officer shouted in front of him: "Doctor! Doctor! My God! Come personally! ”

A doctor finally heard the officer's shouting in the midst of painful shouts and cries, he hurriedly ran over, looked at the severely burned battalion commander, and shook his head directly, "His burn area has reached 85 percent, we can't do anything about it, besides, his lower chest position is no longer rising and falling with breathing, there is no need to rescue, and rescue is just a waste of precious medicine." Carry it out, I'll have to..."

Before the doctor could finish speaking, the officer took out a pistol and put it against his head, all the soldiers put down the stretcher and raised the gun with tears in their eyes, the officer's eyes were already red like the devil of hell, he shouted: "Our battalion commander is here to save you, without him, the British would blow up more oil tanks!" You must heal him! Have to! ”

The doctor put his forehead on the barrel of the gun, sighed, and said: "If you can cure your battalion commander by shooting, then you can drive it, watching your battalion commander suffer is like a knife in my heart, but I also have the obligation to remind you, heroic officer, that if you shoot this shot, all the injured people behind will lose their medical care." The doctor closed his eyes: "If you want to open it, just open it..."

"Arif! Put it down... Gun! The battalion commander on the stretcher said with difficulty, and the officer put down his gun crying and ran to the battalion commander and knelt down, "Battalion commander, I will definitely let him save you, don't worry!" Even if it's with my life, I'm willing! Battalion commander ..."

The battalion commander stroked the officer's face with his pitch-black palm, "I know... I... Fast... No, don't... Don't be embarrassed... Doctor, take my daughter... Uh-hu-hoo... Call... Call, I want to see her..."

The officer cried and stood up and saluted, and immediately ordered people to run out, while the remaining soldiers knelt silently beside their battalion commander, some cried, and some held the battalion commander's hand to make the battalion commander hold on...

Mannhoff finally found Anna, who had not stopped busy, and when Anna saw him, she finally let go of the burden in her heart and rushed to Mannhoff's arms and cried loudly.

Anna wiped her red eyes, stuffed a large mouthful of risotto into her mouth and ate it in a big gulp, "It's delicious, thank you, Auntie, and thank you, it's really delicious, you know, I haven't drunk water and eaten for 9 hours." ”

"Hello beautiful nurse!" Sergeant Hutter recklessly walked in, and he smiled at Anna, "Thank you for saving my best friend, interrupting your meal, I'm sorry, I just wanted to give this to you." After saying that, Sergeant Hutter took off the edelweiss on his chest and put it in the front pocket of Anna's nurse's uniform to reveal the flowers, which was the pride and pride of the airborne troops, and it was an edelweiss that every airborne soldier would pick at the risk of his life.

"Mr. Sergeant, I can't ask for it, this is—" Anna was just about to get up when Sergeant Hutter held down her shoulder, and he ignored Mannhoff, "No, no, no, Miss Nurse, your heroism and decisiveness saved my comrade-in-arms today, the edelweiss can be picked again, and my best friend is only one, this is what you deserve, please don't refuse." ”

"Thank you!" Anna looked at Sergeant Hute and smiled, and a heart-rending cry came from outside the door: "Daddy! What happened to you! My God! Father! ”

After all, the battalion commander still didn't wait for his daughter, and left this world unwillingly...